Episode 60 - Tananarive Due on Black Horror and The Between
In our 60th episode, Lissa speaks with Queen of Black Horror Tananarive Due on the re-release of her 1995 debut novel The Between. Due is a leading vo...
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Black Market Reads is a menu for Black literary consumption and all of its spin-offs. Featuring Black artists who love to read and write and engage in arts and culture. PRODUCER: The Givens Foundation for African American Literature PRODUCTION SERVICES: iDream.tv MUSIC: Sarah White - Through People [M¥K Remix] BMR is made possible through the generous support of our individual donors, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Episode 59 - LaTanya McQueen
In this episode, we hear from LaTanya McQueen about her debut novel, When the Reckoning Comes which tells the story of Mira, a young Black woman, who ...
Episode 59 - Resmaa Menakem
On this episode, Lissa sits down with Resmaa Menakem, the New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathw...
Episode 58 - Carol Anderson
On this episode we’re excited to present a conversation with author, historian, and educator Carol Anderson on her recent work The Second: Race and Gu...
Episode 57 - Morgan Jerkins on her debut novel Caul Baby
Essayist, memoirist, and, now, novelist Morgan Jerkins sits down with Lissa Jones. She discusses her inspirations for this story, both from her past (...
Episode 56 - Poet Javon Johnson
In this episode, Lissa speaks with Javon Johnson, about his new poetry collection, Ain't Never Not Been Black (Button Poetry, 2020). Javon Johnson, P...
Can't Stop, Won't Stop with Mary Moore Easter and James Bernard Short
One of the defining events of the past year, in Minnesota and around the world, was the murder of George Floyd and the international protests demandin...
Episode 55 - Can't Stop, Won't Stop with Mary Moore Easter and Bernard James
One of the defining events of the past year, in Minnesota and around the world, was the murder of George Floyd and the international protests demandin...
Claudia Rankine
Launching season six of Black Market Reads, Lissa interviews author Claudia Rankine about her latest work Just Us: An American Conversation (Graywolf ...
Episode 53 - Dr. Frank B. Wilderson, III
In this episode, author and scholar Dr. Frank B. Wilderson, III on his latest work, Afropessimism. From his youth in Minneapolis to Apartheid South Af...